Punishment for wrongful restraint
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Summary
Wrongfully preventing a person from moving is punishable by up to one month of simple imprisonment, or a fine up to 500 rupees, or both. It applies when someone unlawfully stops another from going in any direction. The penalty is a short criminal sentence for non-violent obstruction.
Example
Ravi stands across the shop door and refuses to let the shopkeeper leave for an hour. He has wrongfully restrained the shopkeeper, so he may face prosecution and get up to one month in jail, a fine up to 500 rupees, or both.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhoever wrongfully restrains any person shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.
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